Spare-tire holder



AjMAURER AND 1.1. BRossolT.

lSPARE TIRE HOLDER.

APPucATloN man H3525. 1919.

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Be it known that we, ANToN MAURER and JAMES J. Bnossorr, citizens of the United States, residing at Salt Lake City, in the county of Salt Lake and State of Utah,have

invented certain new and usefulv lmprovements in Spare-Tire Holders, of which Vthe following is a Specification.

rllhe present invention has for its object the provision of a novel device for carrying spare tires for motor vehicles. -Usually, such appliances involve more or less digliiculty in securingr the tire upon or be secure against theft.

These and such other objects asinay hereinafterappear are attained by the novelconstruction, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter speciicallyvdescribed and claimed. -Reference will now behad to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, wherein: l V

Figure 1' is a Side elevation of a motor vehicle having our invention applied to the' runningboard of the same;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged elevation of the invention;

' Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view Vthrough the device;

. Fig. 4c is a detail perspective View of the -upper end of a spoke member of the car? rier and its tire supporting arm; and,

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the upper extremity of one of the spoke members with its tire supporting arm removed.

Throughout the following detail descrip?- tion and on the several -tigures of the drawings, similar parts arereferred to by like reference characters..

While we have illustrated the invention comprehended by this application as appliable to the running board of a motor ve-l hicle, it will be obvious that the device may be applied elsewhere without in .any way Specification of Letters Patent. Pat-@m1545511 @(5113, 1L 19211, Application filed February $25, 1919,. SeraI No. 279,154.

aliecting the novel phase orA phases of the invention. 0f course, its application to the v ehicle will more or `less involve a modication of the main support where the carrier for vthe tire is disposed in other positions than upon the running board.

- ln the embodiment disclosed, 1 designates a'supporting standard secured to the running boardA 2 by means of fastening means 3. Mounted upon this standard is a short .axle a, adapted t0 be fixed against rotation in'any desired manner. We preferably provide-clamping elements or nuts 5, 5y arranged at opposite sides of the standard, together with an intermediate collar 6 .but such means-are subject to modification as maybe desirable. Mounted upon the axle l between `the clampingfmeans referred to is thecarrier which is iiithe nature of a reel, being provided with any desired number of spoke yinembers 8, each of. which carries at its outer end a pivotally connected tire supporting arm 9, these arms being also connected by ineans of'links 10 Ato a traveling member or nut 11 disposed uponthe outer threaded eX- tremity of the axle t. We prefer to so shape the outer surface of the arms 9 that they will most readily retain a spare tire which is shown in applied positions in Figs. 2 and 3, in dotted lines. Usually the tire is mounted upon av spare rim and in this description the term spare tire .is intended to comprehend such an arrangement.`

The carrier 7 is revolubly mounted upon its axis, though suflicient friction may be produced by the clamping nuts 5 to hold the carrier or reel' against rotation. To lockthe carrier we provide a locking device swingingly mounted upon tlie upper extremity of the standard 1, the same consisting of side members 12 pivotally connected to said standard so as rto swing over into the position `shown in F ig. 3 to eng-age at opposite sidesof a spoke Amember 8 of the carrier.

lAny suitable .locking device is then employed to connect the ends of the side members 12 as indicated at 13, thus preventing the movement of the reel and the removal of -the spare tire as will be Obvious from the iiol then revolved in one direction, causing the I nut 11 to move outwardly on the axle 4.`

Such movement will tend tol shift the carrier arms 9 outwardly with respect to the axis of the reel and thereby positively engage them with the .spare tire. In other words, such movement constitutes an expansion of vthe tire supportinginstrumentalities, whereas rotation of the carrier in the opposite direction, followed by movement of the nut 11 inwardly on the axle, will produce a contraction of the tire supporting means and per-mit removal of the spare tire, provided the locking instrumentalities are not engaged with the carrier in the manner above referred to.

It will thus be seen that in order to attach or remove a spare tire fromthe support constructed as above described it requires merely the rotation or bodlly movement of-the tire carrier and this may be very quickly done, without the use of special tools, all of Whichis important from the standpoint of convenience. 'Y

vObviously modiiicatlons may be` made in -the details of construction of this .device without departingv from they spirit ofthe invention land. within the scope of the appended c lairns. i. -Having thus describedv our lnvention, what we claim as new is: f

l. A spare tire carrier for vehicles, vincludingt a tire carrying frame mounted to be bodily rotated, tire engaging elements thereon, and means actuated by the bodily rotation of the tire carrying frame to move the tire engaging elementsv into operative position.

2. In a tire holding device of the class described, the combination with a support, of a tire carrier revolubly mounted thereupon having means to cause said carrier to expand or contract upon bodily rotation of thel carrier. v

3. In a tire holding device of the class described, the combination of a standard, a tire carrier revolubly mounted on the standard, tire supporting arms carried by said carrier, and means movable longitudinally of the axis of the carrier when the latterv is bodily revolved and connected with the.

arms aforesaid whereby toproduce tire engaging or disengag'ing actions.

4. In a tire holding device ofthe class described, the combination of a supporting standard, a tire carrier, an aXle for said carrier mounted on the standard, tirel supporting arms on said carrier, al nut mounted atenta" to travel `along said axle, and. means conmeeting the arms .with the nut to move said arms, for securing. on or removing va tire .Wardly with respect to the carrier axis.

y f6..4 In a tire holding device of the class described, the combination of a standard, a tire :carrierI revolubly mounted thereon, and comprising spoke members, tire engaging arms -pivoted to the spoke members, y

links connected at one end to'said ti're engaging means, a nut to which' said links are connected attheir other ends, and an axle for saidcarrier upon which the nut is mounted for movement longitudinally there-v along Whereby'to move the arms outwardly inwardly with respect to the carrier aXls.

7. In a tire holding device of the class described, the combination with a su port, of a tire carrier revolubly mounted thereupon having means to cause said carrier to eX- pand or 4contract upon rotation of the carrier, and locking means engageable with the carrier to prevent rotation thereof..

8. In a tire holding device of the class described, the combination with a supporting standard, a carrier reel revolubly mounted upon said standard, and a locking device pivotally mounted upon the standard 'to swing into engagement with the carrier to prevent movement of said carrier about its axis, and locking means to lock the carrier engageable with the locking device aforesaid. l

.9. A sparetlre carrier for vehicles, in-

cluding a tire carrying reel mounted to ber bodily rotated, expansible and contractable tire engaging elements at the periphery of the reel, and means actuated'by bodily rotation of the reel to move the' tire engaging elements into and out of operative position.

In testimonywhereof we aflix our signatures.

l ANTON MAURER.

JAMES J. BROSSOIT. 

